The nature of human altruism
By Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher. Nature, 2003
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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science
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- Pat Barclay
- Matjaz Perc
- Attila Szolnoki
- Ernst Fehr
- Joseph Henrich
- Martin A. Nowak
- Urs Fischbacher
- Alex Mesoudi
Citations in the corpus
- Multiple Intelligences, the Mozart Effect, and Emotional Intelligence: A Critical Review (2006, background): “Although humans are unusual in their altruistic cooperation (Fehr & Fischbacher, 2003), human social cheating includes theft, sexual infidelity, and shirking group work.”
- Altruism and Turnout (2006, background): “F re qu en cy (% ) 0 20 40 60 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 FHSS With Pay Amount Shared (”
- Public charity offer as a proximate factor of evolved reputation-building strategy: an experimental analysis of a real-life situation (2007, positive): “In contrast, in real interpersonal interactions, individuals frequently have the ability to choose their cooperating partners (Fehr & Fischbacher, 2003).”
- An Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective on Modern Human Origins (2015, background): “…cooperate at high levels with non-kin and have deep-seated non-selfish preferences that are unique among living animals (Bowles & Gintis 2011, Fehr & Fischbacher 2003, Fehr & Gächter 2002, Henrich 2004, Henrich et al 2001, Henrich & Henrich 2006) while varying by cultural context (Henrich et…”
- What Policies Increase Prosocial Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics (2014, background): “The acceptance rate is slightly lower at 61.1 percent in the social incentive group, a difference that is marginally statistically significant (p = 0.045).”
- Toward an evolutionary social neuroscience of religion (2011, background): “Some have suggested that such traits may have contributed to the stability of reciprocal cooperation within groups (Fehr & Fischbacher, 2003 ; Henrich et al, 2006 ).”